Wagon-standard.



Patented July 25, I899.

J. N. SMITH.

WAGON STANDARD.

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JASPER N. SMITH, OF TIVERTON, OHIO.

WAGON-STANDARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,618, dated July 25,1899.

I Application filed December 6, 1893- Serial Nob 98,462. (No model.)

means whereby a wagon-standard may be ,at-

tached to or removed from a bolster or a like support in a convenientand expeditious manner and whereby the locking engagement between thestandard and its support may be automatically made, there being nonecessity for bolts or like securing devices.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set, forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference-is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a bolster, illustrating theapplication of a standard thereto having the improvement applied. Fig. 2isa vertical section taken substantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig.

I 3 is a plan view of the device as illustrated in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 isan end view of a bolster and standard, the standard being secured to thebolster by means of the improved locking device.

A represents a bolster which is provided at each end with a strap 10,secured to the bolster by means of rivets 11 or their equivalents, thestrap being passed horizontally around the end of the bolster, as shownin Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. Each strap 10 is provided upon one orboth faces with an opening 12, (shown in Figs. 2 and 4,) the saidopening being adapted to register with a corresponding opening made inthe bolster. The standards B, that are to be applied to the bol: ster A,may be of any desired construction, and each standard is provided uponone face or upon both of its side faces with an attached I shown inFigs. 2 and4, each spring 13 at its lower end being substantiallystraight, so that it may be placed parallel with the vertical surface ofthe straps 10, attached to the bolster. Each spring 13 is provided atits straight lower portion with a pin 14, and these pins, after thestandards have been introduced into the bolster in the usual manner, areadapted to enter the apertures 12 in the straps of the bolster and thecorresponding apertures in the end portion of the bolster.

While preferably two locking-springs are employed for each standard, oneat each side,

as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a single spring may be used, as shown in Fig.2, in which event a gage-plate 15 is secured to the side of the standardoppositethat at which a spring 13 is secured, the said gage plate whenthe standard is in position in the bolster being adapted for engagementwith the upper portion of the said bolster. Under this construction itisobvious that the moment the standard is forced into position in' abolster the latch or latches comprising the springs 13 and pins 14 willautomatically lock themselves to the bolster and that by simply drawingout the springs 13, so that the pins 14 will be freed from the bolsterand its straps, the

standardsmay be quickly and readily removed.

The device is exceedingly simple. It is durable andeconomic and may besuccessfully manipulated by any person of ordinary in telligence. V

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A standard for a bolster, provided with aspring-latch, secured at its upper end to the standard and provided atits lower free end with a pin adapted to enter an opening in the side ofthe bolster to which the standard is applied, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a bolster having an aperture produced in itssideportion, of a standard adapted to vertically enter the said bolster,and a spring attached to the said standard, the free end of which springis pro vided with a pin :adaptedto enter the said side portion ofthe'bolster, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a bolster provided with a strap at its end, thestrap being provided With an aperture in registry With a horizontalopening made in the bolster, of a standard, the lower end of which isintroduced into the said bolster, and a spring-latch secured to thestandard, the said latch being provided with a pin at its free end,adapted to enter the aperture in the strap of the b01- sterand theregistering opening in the bolster, for the purpose set forth.

4E. The combination, with a bolster provided with a strap at its end andopenings in the strap registering with openings horizontally made in thebolster, of astandard adapted to enter the bolster, the standard whenJASPER N. SMITH.

Witnesses:

LAWRENCE MILLER, GEO. RAHN.

